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Lotfi Zadeh and the Birth of Fuzzy Logic

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As a child, Zadeh was surrounded by governesses and tutors, while as a young adult, he had a personal servant. Zadeh received an electrical engineering degree from the University of Tehran in 1942. Vital Statistics Name Lotfi A. His career goal, for as long as he can remember, was to be an engineering professor.

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Tesla says Model S comes out on top in US-NCAP crash testing with lowest Vehicle Safety Score

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In this case, lower is better: VSS is essentially a weighted average risk of personal injury resulting from the different NCAP crash tests. While the Model S is a sedan, it also exceeded the safety score of all SUVs and minivans, according to Tesla. The VSS unites the weighted risk assessments from all the tests.

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